Dont judge a book by its cover!

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I feel as though I should add a disclaimer here as I’ve previously established I love me some Tamara Grand.  

The thing is Im also honest to a fault (AKA Ive lost my filter).  If I didn’t love her book—I’d share that, too.  The fact I adore *her* and am smitten with her knowledge/ability to convey said knowledge in writing makes this a win-win.

Once upon a time there was a personal trainer writer woman who wrote a book.

When said book was completed she had the opportunity to appear in the photographic images contained within its pages and flew to Oakland for her photo-shoot.

Her friend, a misfit Oakland blogger herself, was overjoyed & dragged the trainer-writer-woman out with her family on a foodie adventureNOT and invited her to sleepoverYAY.

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The day of the photo-shoot our soon-to-be famous writer woman invited her blogger friend to peek into the event.

The blogger resisted ripping off her grownup clothes and joining in watched with excitement and *loved* the process of feeling as though she saw her friend’s book spring to life via shots like these.

photo credit BLOGGER not professional.

photo credit BLOGGER not professional.

Even more than before she couldn’t wait to read her friend’s book and apply its knowledge to her bod.

(The years had been kind to our blogging misfit, but she *still* was 44.)

She counted down the days until the book was released & her friend’s body wisdom would finally hit the shelf under the title Ultimate Booty Workouts.

With a cover which looked like this:

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Our blogging misfit friend was sad.

“Why is my friend’s name in such small print? And why is the woman on the cover…not how I’d envisioned her?”  She wondered.

Still, she excitedly cracked the binding and dove inside.

And *there* her friend SHONE THROUGH.

  • The information on anatomy, nutrition, and exercise form? ROCK STAR QUALITY.
  • The photos and exercise demo images? PHENOMENAL.
  • The definitions of key resistance training terms and tips for “how to use this book?” Clear, concise and NOT condescending.

And our misfit blogger smiled.

And bought the book for more than a few of her woman-friends.

And reminded herself of a lesson she’d learned long ago and, apparently, was still re-learning:

Never judge a book by its “build a sexy backside” cover–you might just be blown away by what is contained within.

 

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Comments

  3. I’ve been wondering about that cover too. I suppose cover art is the publisher’s call?? This is very timely as I’m reviewing a book with a (IMO) horrendous cover (like ever). It made me wanna skip the inside. But I didn’t and the inside is SO much better. Lesson learned.

  4. I love how you write, Carla.
    I also would like rounder glutes so it may be time to look past the cover and buy this for myself!

  5. i agree! i wanted her name in big bold print! well deserved. I actually let my mom borrow the book too. It’s great for women just starting strength as well!

  8. So I guess we’d all rather see Tamara on the cover, but as far as fitness books go, this is a nice cover. I don’t feel like I’m looking at fitspiration porn. I like that the woman is in action and seems to be focusing on her efforts, not grinning effortlessly. 😉 And of course the stuff between the covers rocks!

  10. Who doesn’t love some Tamara & her knowledge! I for some reason got 2 books – 1 I won & another out of the blue which I will give as a giveaway! 🙂

    I wish she had come here for that shoot! 🙂

  13. I agree and love this book. It’ SO much more than just a book of booty exercises. I love that she details the reasons for the exercises, gives the anatomy AND specific workouts. Not exercises, but workouts.

  14. I am a fool for covers. If it looks like it’s marketing to a certain group then I move on without opening. It bothers me that it isn’t as accurate as it should be, but so is the world. People, books, emotions, travel plans, all of it. It’s a good reminder for me to look deeper. This does look like it would have some good info though. It’s clean and direct, an encouraging cover to me. A bit too sexy booty, but I guess that’s the marketing to sell the book. I just want a tighter butt. I’ll definitely browse through it to see if I like what she says. Thanks for the frankness!

  21. I’m pretty resigned to the fact that book covers and marketing angle(s) misrepresent what exercise and fitness books are really about. So I always check the book if it appears promising or interesting.

    I put the book on my list. I think my butt is severely amnesiac and I easily get low back pain.. I liked reading Tamara’s own story.

  23. So cool that you got to be part of the photo day. I’ve been wondering about the cover because I knew she had the big photo shoot. I still need to get a copy – my butt could do with do with some of he expert knowledge!!

  24. Face it, the publishers know if the cover doesn’t grab your attention, you won’t even pick it up to look inside, so they go for impact.

  27. I too wanted to see Tamara’s name in big bold print. Maybe in the next edition. I guess the publisher’s figure that women won’t buy a book that doesn’t have a sexy woman on the cover? That we wish/dream/imagine that we will look like the cover model if we just buy the book. I already figured the content would be excellent, just knowing Tamara’s writing and knowledge.

  28. How exciting to be involved in the whole publication process! I agree though that her name is TINY on that cover…

    Congrats to Tamara!

    Deb

  31. Very true, “don’t judge the book by its cover” I really love this book… great tips and training that entails to it, I will recommend it for sure.

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